[fakuivan]

Hi there!

I am making a plugin using the ItemDB database and plugin that shows the client a list of aviable taunts for the TF2 class that they are playing as, so far, so good.
The problem came when I realized that the database generated by the python program used by the plguin reads data from the file items_game.txt that is phrased in english only, leaving the rest to the game engine to translate it using the tf_%clientLang%.txt file (I gess).

I KNOW, I can do this using the translation system that comes with SourceMod but I would have to do it manually every time a taunt is added to the game, the idea is to make the plugin as "mantenaince free" as possible.

The question is: How can you make the game engine on the client side translate a generic string to the client's language? and, is that even possible?

EXAMPLE

Translate the Taunt name to spanish
Input: "TF_zoomin_broom" or index 30672
expected output : "Burla: La Nimbus Mercenaria" (in english "Taunt: Zoomin' Broom")

In tf_spanish.txt

"TF_zoomin_broom"	"Burla: La Nimbus Mercenaria"
"[english]TF_zoomin_broom"	"Taunt: Zoomin' Broom"

[Powerlord]

The server itself can't translate Valve translation phrases as the code to do so is in the game's client code.

Having said that... it might be possible. I'll have to play around with the TextMsg usermessage to check.

[fakuivan]

So, if that turns out to be possible, what string do I need to use? "TF_zoomin_broom" or "Taunt: Zoomin' Broom"

[Potato Uno]

Just parse the tf_spanish.txt file?

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by Potato Uno Just parse the tf_spanish.txt file?

It's in UTF-16, and as FlaminSarge found out the hard way, SourceMod's KeyValues stuff doesn't appear to support it.

Now, if TextMsg does allow custom messages instead of a formatting string as its first String argument, then you'd need "#TF_zoomin_broom" to do a lookup of the name on the client.

Haven't been able to test it yet as I've been busy with other stuff (plus I need access to a game client and I've been at work)

[Potato Uno]

Don't use keyvalues because it's not even in keyvalues form. Just manually parse it as its flatfile form by reading each line individually. It's just a mess of string explosions and all but if you do it on OnPluginStart you should be ok (bar the watchdog timer).

Parsing it off-site using an external program and then having a second database to map translations to is better (although more work).

[fakuivan]

Originally Posted by Potato Uno Don't use keyvalues because it's not even in keyvalues form. Just manually parse it as its flatfile form by reading each line individually. It's just a mess of string explosions and all but if you do it on OnPluginStart you should be ok (bar the watchdog timer). Parsing it off-site using an external program and then having a second database to map translations to is better (although more work).

It seems like that's what I am going to do :º, I'll post it when I finish it.

Originally Posted by Powerlord It's in UTF-16, and as FlaminSarge found out the hard way, SourceMod's KeyValues stuff doesn't appear to support it. Now, if TextMsg does allow custom messages instead of a formatting string as its first String argument, then you'd need "#TF_zoomin_broom" to do a lookup of the name on the client. Haven't been able to test it yet as I've been busy with other stuff (plus I need access to a game client and I've been at work)

#TF_zoomin_broom, as in items_game.txt

Originally Posted by Potato Uno Just parse the tf_spanish.txt file?

3,71mb just for the spanish file :/

[asherkin]

Support for parsing the translation files with the KV natives has been in SM for a while.

[fakuivan]

Originally Posted by asherkin Support for parsing the translation files with the KV natives has been in SM for a while.

Does that mean that I can load the ~12 files of 3mb each? How does that work?